Marvolene Pickens Gasaway I live in Northwest Alabama Marvolene Pickens Gasaway I live in Northwest Alabama I am looking for family members of Ancestors of John Riley Pickens, son of Avery S "Avie" PICKENS and Mary Ann "Polly" Benson was born about 1876 in Tennessee (1880 Hardin, Tn census was taken June 1880; so he was either born early Jan 1880 or Dec 1879? On census he is listed as 6 months old). He died on 25 Sep 1961 in Russellville, Franklin, Alabama, United States of America. He married Addie "Ada" E. White, daughter of Hiram White and Mary Elizabeth Rainey on 23 Apr 1900 in Unknown, Hardin, Tennessee, United States.

. Avery S "Avie" PICKENS, son of William Pickens and Polly (Emily) Reynolds was born in 1847 in Hardin Co, Tennessee. He died in 1929. He married Mary Ann "Polly" Benson on 29 Dec 1875 in Hardin County, TN.

Mary Ann "Polly" Benson was born in 1858 in Hardin County, TN. She died about 1885 in Hardin County, TN.much....... my email is mpickensg@yahoo.com

I am looking for family members on the Keller an ScottMy Grandfather was Willie Keller an Grandmother was Sarah Scott KellerMy Great-Great grands were Charlie-Elizabeth Keller if you can help me i would thank you so much....... my email is mpickensg@yahoo.comalso looking for my dads side of family Link pickensJohn Riley PickensBirth: Mar. 12, 1871Tennessee, USA Death: Sep. 25, 1961Franklin CountyAlabama, USA

my white familyhi kin to hiram Columbus white he was my gt uncle my gt grandmaw was Martha ann white Scruggs her son William casey white is my grandpaw his son was Edward boots white he married betty sue walker and had 7 children

RE: QueryThanks for the clarification of the Avery Pickens timeline, it's pretty much what I had mapped out for him by looking over the census records and such. At one of the Pickens links on RootsWeb, a researcher with the e-mail of kathit@hotmail.com noted that Avery was born in 1846 yet the 1850 census clearly states that he was born in Dec. 1848, and then lists the various census records of 1850 to 1930 that he was shown in. I plan on going to the Archives Library in Nashville at the earliest opportunity (the state of TN cut back on the hours of when it is open,ugh) so will look for more specific events to try to determine when he passed away. Heritage Quest is pretty limited on some of the census records being uploaded so it's frustrating at times using it. Odd how his wife in the 1880 census lists his wife Polly Ann (Benson) as "Mary Ann" ~ that would certainly make someone crazy if they didn't know her actual name used on their 1875 marriage record! That researcher noted above in this note also used the name "Mary Ann" in her posting so one can see how it can lead someone astray while looking for exact information.

QueryHi Marvolene, I believe that we may have connected before as we share the same ancestor link through the William & Emily Reynolds Pickens family line. Am interested in how the information on Avery Pickens was verified as to his date of death in 1929? He is mentioned on your bio. I see him last in the 1920 census at the age of 66, living next door to his brother, David and his family. Just needing to clean up some loose ends on this tree. Helen